I was lucky enough to be invited along to participate and
lead some sessions at the GPI staff retreat, so on 18th December we
all packed up and headed off to Uyo in the neighbouring state for 3 nights. We had a packed schedule which
included reflecting on the year’s performance, planning for 2013 and I had my
very own session on Organisational Development to give. It was a great 3 days,
with lots of strengths identified and plans made. The OD session went really
well, GPI seem to sign up to the process and the work that needs to be done,
and I had several volunteers for the OD committee which was a positive sign. I
facilitated with just flipchart paper and pens – low tech is definitely needed
here! Glad I adopt the pen and post-it approach back home as it gave me lots of
experience for here! Lots of the discussions
help with the OD process and it was a great start for the work I really need to
get stuck into for 2013. So all of you who think I never work – think again!
But of course we had a lovely afternoon off which co-incided with my 35th (can’t believe I’m that old) birthday! We went on an excursion to Ibeno beach. Following an interesting journey in an old bus and lots of wrong turns, we finally arrived at the beach in time for some photos and a birthday cake! I felt like a total guest of honor as I cut my cake, had happy birthday sung to me and then was taught how to dance Azuntu and Atigy! It was a huge and lovely cake too! A really lovely and novel way to celebrate my birthday – no snow this year to get in the way of my plans! Then thanks to the power in the hotel I could also skype my wonderful parents, which ended my day perfectly!
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